Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 00:25:29 -0500
From: Interfaith Working Group
Subject: IWG Denver Post marriage letter
January 3, 2000
Denver Post
650 15th Street
Denver, CO, 80202
Dear Editors:
We appreciated your December 22 editorial about equal
rights and the Vermont Supreme Court decision,
especially your recognition of church/state
separation and the difference between religious and
civil marriage. It could have been improved,
however, by mentioning the many religious bodies that
recognize the relationships of same-gender couples,
and by mentioning that the government does not
dictate which mixed-gender relationships a religious
body should recognize. It also would have been
better if you had argued directly for issuing
marriage licenses to same-gender couples and
recognizing marriages of same-gender couples
performed in other states, instead of proposing a
massive new non-transferable legal category for some
Colorado couples.
Sincerely,
Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom
Interfaith Working Group Coordinators
The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 18 congregations and
religious organizations and 63 clergy from 16 religious traditions. For
more letters visit http://www.iwgonline.org/letters/
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